1852 Chinese Proverbs
1. ![](/img/view.gif)
"I heard" is good; "I saw" is better.
2. ![A bad man talks about what he has eaten and drunk -- a good man about what he has seen and heard.. Chinese Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
A bad man talks about what he has eaten and drunk -- a good man about what he has seen and heard.
3. ![A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.. Chinese Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.
4. ![A bad worker quarrels with his tools.. Chinese Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
A bad worker quarrels with his tools.
5. ![A bad workman blames his tools.. Chinese Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
A bad workman blames his tools.
6. ![A bar of iron continually ground becomes a needle.. Chinese Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
A bar of iron continually ground becomes a needle.
7. ![A base person often thinks of a man of honor as mean as himself.. Chinese Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
A base person often thinks of a man of honor as mean as himself.
8. ![A beautiful bird is the only kind we cage.. Chinese Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
A beautiful bird is the only kind we cage.
9. ![A beautiful flower is incomplete without its leaves.. Chinese Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
A beautiful flower is incomplete without its leaves.
10. ![A big tree attracts the gale.. Chinese Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
A big tree attracts the gale.
11. ![A big tree attracts the wind.. Chinese Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
A big tree attracts the wind.
12. ![A bird can roost but on one branch, a mouse can drink not more than its fill from a river.. Chinese Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
A bird can roost but on one branch, a mouse can drink not more than its fill from a river.
13. ![A bird cannot roost but on one branch. a mouse can drink no more than its fill from a river.. Chinese Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
A bird cannot roost but on one branch. a mouse can drink no more than its fill from a river.
14. ![A bird does not sing because he has the answer to something, he sings because he has a song.. Chinese Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
A bird does not sing because he has the answer to something, he sings because he has a song.
15. ![A bird in your hand is worth more than 100 in the forest.. Chinese Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
A bird in your hand is worth more than 100 in the forest.
16. ![A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives you roses.. Chinese Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives you roses.
17. ![A bit of fragrance always sticks to the hand that gives you roses.. Chinese Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
A bit of fragrance always sticks to the hand that gives you roses.
18. ![A bit of fragrance clings to the hand that gives flowers.. Chinese Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
A bit of fragrance clings to the hand that gives flowers.
19. ![A blind cat catches only a dead rat.. Chinese Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
A blind cat catches only a dead rat.
20. ![A book holds a house of gold.. Chinese Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
A book holds a house of gold.
1852 Chinese Proverbs, Page 1 of 93
1 2 ...
93 >>